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Lepape, Georges  

Publication History:

Published online:
31 October 2011
Collection:
Benezit Dictionary of Artists

French, 20th century, male.

Born 26 June 1887, in Paris; died 15 February 1971, in Bonneval, near Chartres.

Painter (including gouache), watercolourist, engraver, draughtsman, illustrator, designer. Figures, portraits, scenes with figures, flowers. Wall decorations, stage costumes, posters.

Georges Lepape was a pupil in the studio of Fernand Humbert in Paris. He met Braque, Picabia and Marie Laurencin, and he then studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Fernand Cormon's studio. In ...

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Néstor  

Publication History:

Published online:
31 October 2011
Collection:
Benezit Dictionary of Artists

Spanish, 19th – 20th century, male.

Born 7 February 1887, in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria; died 6 February 1938, in Las Palmas.

Painter, watercolourist, draughtsman, engraver, illustrator, scenographer. Figure compositions, scenes with figures, figures, nudes, portraits, animals. Murals, stage sets, stage costumes, theatre decoration.

Symbolism.

From a very early age Néstor showed signs of being gifted in drawing and painting and in this he was encouraged by his mother. From ...